The world is ready for the next gear of capitalism.

Op-Ed: It's time to shift our society to robotic labor and a basic income

Future Society

By fundamentally severing human labor and income, society can reach fourth gear capitalism, where all members of the economy will benefit.

It’s Time to Shift Our Society to Robotic Labor and a Basic Income

We need to give our work to the machines. 

Sci-Fi Visions

Many people believe that the cost of a universal basic income would be the number of people who get it times the amount of the income.

The Cost of Universal Basic Income Is Less Than You Might Think

Not having a UBI costs us more money in the long run.

www.whitehouse.gov

Advances in technology are now so visibly exponential in nature that we can expect to see a lot more milestones being crossed long before we would otherwise expect.

Deep Learning Is Going to Teach Us All the Lesson of Our Lives: Jobs Are for Machines

We’re leaving ourselves vulnerable if we insist on employment as our primary source of income.

After years of studying basic income, below you will find what I currently believe in May of 2017 are the details of an optimally designed UBI blueprint.

How Traditional Welfare and Taxes Can Be Reformed to Support Universal Basic Income

It's entirely possible for UBI to be implemented in the US.

Op-Ed

By simply severing the connection between income and work through the unconditional provision of an income for life always sufficient for basic needs, the fear of technological unemployment is removed. 

Technological Unemployment Is Here. Unconditional Basic Income is the Answer.

UBI could prompt a new society anchored on higher achievement and purpose — not just paychecks.

Unemployment caused by technology is said to be the Gordian knot of our century, meaning whoever can unravel that problem will rule the world.

Basic Income Could be the Answer To Unravel the Greatest Problem of Our Era

Unlike Alexander the Great, we don't need a sword to get it done.

Each person contributes to society just by being a part of it, we are all stakeholders in it subject to a cut of the wealth it generates.

Universal Basic Income is Not “Free Money”

In this climate, it's important that the voices of actual climate science are heard.

The immediate need for basic income in recognition of the effects of chronic stress and the importance of improving environments.

Evidence Indicates That Universal Basic Income Improves Human Health

Making a biological case for UBI.

Universal Basic Income has the potential to increase upward mobility by leveling the playing field enough that we all can get a fair shake at prosperity.

Universal Basic Income Will Help Us Level the Economic Playing Field

How can the race to the top be fair if some begin way behind the starting line?

Universal Basic Income provides a level of safety and security that is currently unachievable in the way that society is constructed today.

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Scott Santens